WF-DX4NPF
FaceApp Racial Filters
FaceApp is criticized for offering racist filters.
- Date it happened
- 2017-04-25
- Organisation involved
- FaceApp
- Product, system or model
- FaceApp's system allows users to edit images and apply filters to uploaded photos.
Where this came from
- theguardian.com
- independent.co.uk
- buzzfeednews.com
- cosmopolitan.com
- theverge.com
- motherboard.vice.com
- allure.com
- businessinsider.com.au
- dailyo.in
- bustle.com
- dailydot.com
- abc.net.au
- theguardian.com
- complex.com
- gizmodo.com.au
- mic.com
- bbc.co.uk
- dailymail.co.uk
- gizmodo.co.uk
- colorlines.com
- stuff.co.nz
- slate.com
- telegraph.co.uk
Attribution
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